THOUGHT-POWER, ITS ACTION AND USE 3oi

People age more by worry than by work. Worry
is the process of repeating the same train of thought over
and over again with little alteration, without coming
to any result. Many thus fritter away their energy in
forecasting evil for themselves and their loved ones, with
the fear of death or financial ruin. But they need not try
to cross a bridge before they actually come to it and should
also know that the world is governed by absolute justice,
that none can wrong them save as an instrument of the Law
and that nothing which they have not deserved bv their
past karma can ever come to them, and should therefore
learn to, train the mind to rest on the Good Law and
establish a habit of content.

Again, a wise man declines to take offence at the
statement or action of another or to let his serenity be
disturbed thereby, as he knows that an irritating remark,
even when intentionally spiteful, can in no way harm him
except in so far as he foolishly allows himself- to be
wounded in his feelings and thus to lose control over his
vehicles.

ci Am I to set my life upon a throw,
Because a bear is rude or surly ? No.
A modest, sensible and well-behaved man
Will not insult me, and no other can."

Q. Is a quickening of our own evolution the only advan-
tage of controlling our mind and emotions and of
husbanding our energy ?

Ans. In addition to forwarding his own evolution, a
man thereby makes himself useful to his fellow-men,
avoids doing harm to them and learns how to do them
good. For example, if he allows himself to be angry, he
not only sets up an evil habit and injures himself, but by
radiating vibrations of anger seriously acts upon those